She already bought it and it Im going to set it up when i get home so im just wondering if I buy gw2 will I be able to play it maxed settings?
And also what other great titles will I be able to play at max settings? And how about streaming, can it handle it?

It's kind of hard to find any good benchmarks for the GPU because it's not a mainstream class GPU. I'm going to take a gander and say no, it won't. For a good comparison BF3 is usually a decent game to show performance of a card. As shown by Tom's Hardware the 640 even at low settings on sub-1080p was only averaging 32 fps, which is well below desirable.

You can play it on max settings but I dont think the fps will be what you are looking for . Kind of an odd setup Im guess cause it has 6gb of ram which normally means a 4x2 which normally should be doubled up, the i3 2120 was a great budget cpu about a year ago, and the gt 640 is no where close to being powerful enough to play most games on max settings. Your best bet would probably be medium settings with an average of 30fps my guess would be with dips to the 20s and maybe spike up to the 45-60 in very unpopulated areas.

I wouldnt think to much about streamin with that machine. Jewel quest, zumas revenge, and pong are some other great titles you will get to play at max settings . Youll be able to play some other games I just wouldnt set my standards to high if I were you. I believe the x51 is a slim line also so you wouldnt be able to just pull the video card out and put an actual gaming card in .

It's kind of hard to find any good benchmarks for the GPU because it's not a mainstream class GPU. I'm going to take a gander and say no, it won't. For a good comparison BF3 is usually a decent game to show performance of a card. As shown by Tom's Hardware the 640 even at low settings on sub-1080p was only averaging 32 fps, which is well below desirable.

True, but BF3 is just a really well coded game. Many games that look like shit can run less smooth than BF3 on my pc. GW2 is one of the less looking games that runs much harder than it should be.

Indeed, Merry Christmas, thank her much, and even though it won't play it at max 1920x1080, it will do alright!

Oh I mean come on cpu mobo case psu etc go out and buy a 6870 for yourself and thank her every step of the way imo. It'll run stuff @ max w/ a better gpu its really a solid Xmas present, in my family $500~ presents arent uhhh normal.

Even using the cheapest parts on newegg building the same specced pc is only ~$100 difference. Plus he will get a 1 year included warranty he could just say fix my shit dell and wont have to worry bout going thru multiple manufactures. They are still overpriced but nowhere near as overpriced as they used to be when they werent under dell. Granted for $650 there are better options out there.

Even using the cheapest parts on newegg building the same specced pc is only ~$100 difference. Plus he will get a 1 year included warranty he could just say fix my shit dell and wont have to worry bout going thru multiple manufactures. They are still overpriced but nowhere near as overpriced as they used to be when they werent under dell. Granted for $650 there are better options out there.

Dell was never over priced, they are retail priced. They supply a service of obviously good quality, no enthusiast will ever say companies that build ship and maintain laptops pc's and keep a generally pleasant staff are bad, unless of course the product is bad. In Dell's case the product is good.

Dell was never over priced, they are retail priced. They supply a service of obviously good quality, no enthusiast will ever say companies that build ship and maintain laptops pc's and keep a generally pleasant staff are bad, unless of course the product is bad. In Dell's case the product is good.

Thanks for all the great replies guys!

I have never had the luxury of a gaming computer and have always been stuck with average laptops and my current laptop can only play wow on low settings.

So I am super excited and thankful to be able to experience a higher picture quality and a game like Gw2 for once even if its not at super maxed out settings im positive it will be better then average.

I have never had the luxury of a gaming computer and have always been stuck with average laptops and my current laptop can only play wow on low settings.

So I am super excited and thankful to be able to experience a higher picture quality and a game like Gw2 for once even if its not at super maxed out settings im positive it will be better then average.

Use the holiday sales to your advantage and try to upgrade the gpu, you will need a gaming class gpu to get good FPS. 7770 Ghz editions are regularily $100 finding one for $80 shouldnt be too hard atm.